Nearly all of the 200 U.S. and European CHROs surveyed cited 'talent' as the top priority on their CEO's agenda for HR in the 2011 Chief Human Resource Officer Survey by the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies at Cornell University.

In addition, talent issues were some of the biggest challenges CHROs face in their role, particularly among those in the U.S. But it's the lack of talent in the HR function that the CHROs surveyed said is the greatest obstacle to achieving the CEO's agenda for H R. Read the full report here.